In the second episode of Jezebel Goes Digging, I look at the recent phenomenon of black celebrities like Kanye West, Common and Raven-Symoné declaring themselves New Black—at the same time that police continue killing Regular Black people all across America. »5/12/15 1:37pm 5/12/15 1:37pm

In the lyric pamphlet to Black Messiah, D'Angelo's third album after 14 years away from the spotlight, the soul-savant explains his reasoning behind its title and sudden release: "Some will jump to the conclusion that I am calling myself a Black Messiah," he begins. "For me the title is about all of us...It's about… »3/25/15 5:25pm 3/25/15 5:25pm

So everyone's gonna argue about Beck for a few days, which is a mixed blessing for everyone, Beck included. And, look. He should not have won the Grammy for Album of the Year. Icanthinkofatleastninereasonswhy. This is all mildly embarrassing, and yet inevitable, as we're talking about the Grammys, and the… »2/10/15 11:14am 2/10/15 11:14am

A strangely self-aware Kanye West rushed the stage tonight after the announcement of Beck's win over Beyoncé in the Best Album category, a replay of the 2009 VMAs when the rap artist interrupted Taylor Swift with "I'mma let you finish." West "thought better of it" this time, but watch the angle that includes… »2/08/15 10:54pm 2/08/15 10:54pm

So on New Year's Eve, Kanye West released "Only One," a lovely little electric-piano jam about his daughter, as seen through the eyes of his dearly departed mother. It's pretty sweet! It was also tagged "featuring Paul McCartney," which has compelled Twitter to bug the fuck out, and now compelled TV news people to…»1/05/15 5:48pm 1/05/15 5:48pm

After LeBron James announced that he was returning to Cleveland, The New York Times ran one of the coolest covers we've ever seen on its Saturday sports section. It turns out that the idea behind the cover was indirectly inspired by Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, because of course it was. »7/15/14 1:07pm 7/15/14 1:07pm

Dave Chappelle stopped by The Tonight Show last night, after making an appearance on Late Showearlier this week, and spoke about the first time he met The Roots, as well as the first—amazing—time he met Kanye West. »6/14/14 10:59am 6/14/14 10:59am

Tough break, kid, but if you have to choose one way to find out that your Yeezys are fake, hearing it from the mouth of Yeezus himself is probably the best-case scenario. »5/19/14 6:29pm 5/19/14 6:29pm

Kanye West was in Chicago on tour a couple days ago, so of course he took time out of his set to sing/rap/talk about Michael Jordan whom he considers to be "one of the most influential people in our civilization." Yes, it was as glorious as it sounds. »12/19/13 6:03pm 12/19/13 6:03pm

As far as I know, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are not San Francisco Giants fans, nor do they have any meaningful ties to AT&T or the city of San Francisco. And yet, Kanye decided to rent out the Giants' stadium in order to propose to Kim. A live orchestra was involved, and the jumbotron read "PLEEEASE MARRY MEEE!!!"… »10/22/13 10:20am 10/22/13 10:20am

I’m from Chicago.1 I was always on my own island.2 Ever since I was at preschool I had little kids following me around. The teacher just said I was a natural born leader.3 I was in fourth grade painting nude women, because I was a proper artist!4»6/25/13 3:35pm 6/25/13 3:35pm